Tokara Restaurant - Stellenbosch
Hellshoogte Pass R310 Road Stellenbosch
Restaurant in Stellenbosch,Western Cape
Description
Welcome to Tokara Restaurant, one of South Africa’s leading fine dining restaurants. The restaurant, situated 400 meters above sea level on top of the Helshoogte Pass outside Stellenbosch, offers its guests terroir focused contemporary cuisine, award-winning wines and dramatic views over Stellenbosch and False Bay.
The building housing the restaurant is a Cape architectural icon utilising glass, steel and stone. The restaurant, established in 2001, was renovated and came under new management in 2010. Multi-awarding winning chef Richard Carstens now leads the kitchen team.
The à la carte menu changes every season, while daily specials offer something new and exciting to return guests. A new feature of the renovated restaurant includes a bar with a clear view of the hustle and bustle in the kitchen or the sun setting through a picture window.
We are proud to showcase Richard Carstens’ intelligent take on modern South African cooking. Richard, a former EatOut SA Chef of the Year, is inspired by pure flavours and tantelising textures. Each plate of food offers the diner a sense of the natural environment where the restaurant is situated and also the current season through the ingredients used.
The menu offers unfussy à la carte options and also more playful creations on a seven course chef’s menu, each course optionally paired with premium South African wines. The dishes offered on the a la carte menu, chef’s menu and daily specials appeal to young and old time and again.
The Tokara Restaurant drinks list is a personal and evolving selection of fine wines and spirits intended to compliment the gastronomic feast you will experience. The full range of Tokara wines are showcased on the list and are also available by the glass.
The list comprises of wines from neighbouring farms, estates elsewhere in South Africa and also some of the most prestigious European estates. Sommelier Jaap-Henk Koelewijn will be happy to assist you in pairing a bottle of wine with the food you wish to order or to provide information on any of the drinks on this list.
Unfortunately no Bring Your Own wine allowed.
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- We can only repeat all the positive comments before because they really are true. It’s great here, so warm and friendly. It’s a pity we are no time to be longer here.
- Our first visit here and definitely not our last! Loved every minute... the coziest accommodation and you guys have thought of everything to make every guest’s stay thoroughly enjoyable.
- We heard such lavish praise about this place we came to see for ourselves. It is indeed quite the best we have found in our travels & equipped to the last thing imaginable.
- This was the most wonderful stay during our trip. The place still remains in our minds as heaven and what hosts we had, so kind and helpful.
- A wonderful place! The accommodation of a homestay with the privacy of your own home, would love to stay longer.
- This was a fantastic B & B. Felt very welcome and at home as soon as we arrived. Spotless, comfortable and VERY relaxing. The hosts were a wealth of local knowledge and served a breakfast that kept us going all day! Can't wait to go back again.
- Absolutely wonderful hosts and the accommodation was top notch. Room was clean and well equipped. Will definitely revisit next time we're in Cape Town.
